I lay awake last night wondering why humans don& #39;t responded to threats such as climate change, mass extinction, and other environmental, ecological, & humanitarian crises, in the way we& #39;ve responded to covid.

The massive policy changes, sacrifices, bailouts, etc. that have

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come about since covid, prove that - if the threat is huge enough, and we care enough about it - the scale of change and sacrifice people are prepared to accept, across the entire globe, is phenomenal.

Why, I wonder, does humanity not take the other threats so seriously?

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Perhaps we expect these other issues will all be & #39;sorted out& #39; for us? Or don& #39;t believe they& #39;ll affect us in our life times? Maybe it& #39;s just because we can& #39;t & #39;see& #39; them? Whatever the reasons, we will one day wish we& #39;d dealt with these issues, too, as the emergencies they are.

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